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RELIGION IN DIALOGUE WITH SOCIOLOGY
1. Relations between sociology and religion
A. Sociology
1 . Nature - It is the science of social activity or of social
systems (groups, institutions, society); It studies human beings
as fulfilling certain social flinctTo_is, thus, as representatives
of the social reality. It tries to understand—the—norms and
normative models, which are independent of the individual and
transmitted- to him in the fnnial izina process and which determine
human activity and form us as members of a society. Studying
these norms helps us understand social change, conflicts,
integration, classes, mobility, repregsj__?n. There are special
branclias^of sociology, such as industrial, urban, rural, family,
political and the sociology of religi^>and of knowledge. Toda^>
people especially study youth, education, "lejisure, sorTc,
devela42ii__g„_co-U_-tries, population andtown planning, revolution,
media. It tries to uncover TdeologTesT.? There is currently a
disgute1 over the methodemployed 5y the enn^rTc]i____-Sy- who are
influenced by positivism, _fn_l the dialectical sociology, which is
more critical.
2. There are various schools of thought, according to the way
people explain .stability and change^in social structures. Thus,
(D theory, who stress the confj^jGi^„.ai_p__jg„__ja1_eresi
gj^ups, which account for social change, assuming- people~_ajG_t__iri
their own self-interest. They focus on classes, struggling for
controJ^_ovexZscarce goods. Another school is the ^^ymbolic^^
isfiEjiractionlsjts-} which stress the creativ_ty__of-J_ai_t_c___iJJ3__dIngs^jto
invent modes of survival and development. They take seriously
the meanings which myths, symbols and patterns of behavior have
for people in the group. Another"*" " approach is the
$ go^obiologisrrffi, which assumes that genetic survival is what
gives meaning^and guidance to all the patterns of interaction.
3. History -
(1) August ^omtey (1 798-1 857 ) originated the term sociology.. He
coined the tTerTti-in 1838.
(2) Majox__contributions to 19th century sociolojgy-__rfere made by
Karl ^ars_^(1818-1863), who emphasized the e£oncjy__i_J^sis~-£or
organizing society and saw class_ struggle as the ma^in agent for
social progress.
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